Qualifying
| Finish | League | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UAAP | NCAA | CESAFI | CUSA | NAASCU | UCAA | Provincial leagues | ||
| 1st | Round of 16 | Regional championships | ||||||
| 2nd | Round of 16 | Zonal championships | Wildcard qualification | Wildcard qualification | Wildcard qualification | |||
| 3rd | Zonal championships | |||||||
| 4th | ||||||||
| 5th | Wildcard qualification |
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- Regional championships has four teams in each of the nine regions: one team per region qualifies for the zonal championships.
- Wildcard qualifying has eight teams split into two groups: top two teams per group qualifies for the zonal championships.
- Zonal championships has four zones divided into two groups composed of two groups: the top team from each group qualifies for the round of 16.
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